Inliners International Forums General Discussion MOPAR t5 transmission behind flathead 6

anybody know how to do this? is there someone making adapters? can bellhousing be machined to accept the late model 5 speed? any info would greatly be appreciated. want to put one behind a 41 plymouth flathead 6. thanks
rick

Contact Tom Langdon at Stovebolt Engine Co, he has done several Mopar/T5 installations. One was written up in the 12 Port News a few years ago. Back issues are available to Inliners members.

Post the question to Don Coatney over on the P15-D24 forum: http://merc583.addr.com/cgi-bin/webbbs/webbbs_config.pl?#24160
He has done it and has great photos/info he will share with you.

Pete


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Wilcox makes an adapter that adapts flathead chry. products to chev. bell housing to use any transmission that fits a standard late model chev bolt pattern. The adapter comes with flywheel and uses late chry. starter in either right or left locations. It requires a 10 1/2" Chev. clutch. The price I was quoted was $695.00 complete. You might ask Don Coatney what he estimates it would cost to duplicate his installation if you had to have someone else do the welding and machine work.

I called the Wilcap company several weeks ago. Their contact information is: Wilcap Company; Post Office Box 763; Pismo Beach, CA 93448; Tel: (805)481-7639; FAX: (805)343-5000; Email: pmcguire@wilcap.com.

They have an adapter kit to put a T-5 Borg Warner five speed, or, for that matter,
any manual chevy transmission behind a flat head 6 cylinder Mopar. The kit # is 230-350 MT. The “MT” stands for “manual transmission.” The kit consists of an adapter plate which goes between the engine and the bellhousing and a flywheel. You use the Chevy bellhousing. It works with any Chevy standard transmission and a 10½” Chevy pressure plate. The hole for the starter can be placed either low on the driver or passenger’s side. It cannot go up high. The kit weighs about 50 lbs. and the shipping cost is about $50, maybe a little less.

He said that they do not keep these kits in stock but rather the adapter and the
flywheel are custom made when the order is placed. The turnaround time on an order
is about three weeks. I don't remember the exact cost but believe it is something between $600 and $700.